Transvaginal sonographic appearance of functional ovarian cysts

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1246-1249

  Pascual, Ma Angela ^a   Hereter, Lourdes ^a   Tresserra, Francisco ^a   Carreras, Olga ^a   Ubeda, Alicia ^a   Dexeus, Santiago ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler; Functional ovarian cyst; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; OVARY TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031007785     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.6.1246     Document Type: Article

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